- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 834-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
October 1st, 2005                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : prozilla
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2961

Tavis Ormandy discovered a buffer overflow in prozilla, a
multi-threaded download accelerator, which may be exploited to execute
arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.6-3woody3.

The stable distribution (sarge) does not contain prozilla packages.

The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain prozilla packages.

We recommend that you upgrade your prozilla package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      612 66c3a184d2185a18a2e20b173c6835c7
          Size/MD5 checksum:     9891 32d706f874d8c4fba1c1eed7111cd292
          Size/MD5 checksum:   152755 65864dfe72f5cb7d7e595ca6f34fc7d7

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    78514 6183e73c5841beee0d8e9cc450a6c702

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    65506 595b0c25a968731fc39dd9644cccf9ba

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    64514 8c4c382318cb97f659736dc1ea017335

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    93574 ab60cc2fc3cac11774217fec4fe9da56

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    74560 a3443807a553e685573f9f34aa2cbe71

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    61492 e295c8293423298836b5ea829ccd2f18

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    73168 16ebff4a693d9fb1b96c1814045edd22

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    73234 85e2da96f32feb26af7600faeac69820

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    68628 b95100d9ef36bd36649118b2dee08a0c

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    65556 bf4165b94d5a28e591d5fdc10b46d94d

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    68174 3ff8ca31ef5d0e124a1e8714506a861f


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: prozilla fix arbitrary code execution DSA-834-1

October 1, 2005
Updated package.

Summary


The stable distribution (sarge) does not contain prozilla packages.

The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain prozilla packages.

We recommend that you upgrade your prozilla package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 612 66c3a184d2185a18a2e20b173c6835c7
Size/MD5 checksum: 9891 32d706f874d8c4fba1c1eed7111cd292
Size/MD5 checksum: 152755 65864dfe72f5cb7d7e595ca6f34fc7d7

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 78514 6183e73c5841beee0d8e9cc450a6c702

...

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